Madhouse #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains two main stories. The first story features a cowboy duel where one character accuses another of being a "ruddy coward," and involves a property deed; the tale escalates when ghostly and supernatural elements emerge, including strange voices in a mansion and mysterious creatures that the protagonists attempt to exorcise. The second story, titled "Crime Does Not Pay, Joe," follows a criminal named Joe who returns to crime after initially abandoning it; years later, Joe becomes famous as a crooner before pursuing romantic conquests, ultimately proposing to an heiress at a May 1946 gathering, though the editor masks the heiress's face to conceal her identity.
In 1957's "Crazy Mixed Up Arizona," a straight-shooting marshal rolls into a lawless town determined to clean things up, but finds himself tangling with the local kingpin Dan McGoon over cards, corruption, and who really runs the place. When the marshal stands his ground against McGoon's schemes, it sets off a wild showdown that tests whether law and order can survive in a town that's gotten far too comfortable with chaos. This seven-page romp delivers the kind of slapstick Western humor that makes you wonder who's really outwitting whom.
A young man stumbling into a vaudeville show becomes entangled in the search for the missing performer Annie Body—a case that leads him through threatening letters, a fortune teller's parlor, and a dangerous confrontation over a stolen diamond. When the dust settles and justice prevails, he discovers that one criminal's grudge might reach far beyond prison walls. It's a tongue-in-cheek mystery packed with slapstick hijinks and a twist that hits harder than expected.
When a young man buys a decrepit mansion at auction for six dollars, he and his hip friends plan to throw wild parties in their new pad—but they're not the only ones living there. A group of ghosts who've haunted the place for years must figure out how to scare away these boisterous "bop-kats" before they lose their home, leading to a hilarious battle of wits between the living and the undead in this wild 1957 comedy from *Madhouse*.
This riotous 1957 romp follows Joe Blow from his precocious infancy through a wild streak of romantic misadventures that lands him in hot water with gangsters, cops, and the women who can't resist him. As Joe bounces between the glamorous nightlife, a hasty marriage, and increasingly questionable entanglements with exotic dancers and small-time crooks, the gossip columns can barely keep up with his exploits—especially once a scheming reporter and a jealous racketeer named Rocks Inhead enter the picture. A hilarious parody of pulp scandal magazines, this story hilariously censors its own "shocking" reveals with painted-out faces and editorial notes while Joe's antics spiral into absolute mayhem.
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